Drawer construction



May 5, 1942.

s. STONE DRAWER CONSTRUCTION Original Filed Aug. 28, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 w M m w a m [m M Z m am 7 v 3 ,m a z w vlllillllwlillirllliil "IIIII INVENTOR .504 Sw/vE BY e/wzrw Patented May 5, 1942 Sol iStone, Brooklyn, N; Y;

Qrjginal application August 28, 1940, Serial No.

354,475; Divided: and this application February 19, 1941, SerialNo. 379,554

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Thisinvention relates to a drawer construction and the same-is particularly adapted for use in chiffoniers, cabinets and the like of the type constructed of inexpensive lightweight material and which are collapsible to a fiat compact arrangement for storage or shipment, and the pres-- ent application is a division of my co-pending application, Serial No. 354,475 filed August 28, 1940.

The invention comprehends a drawer construe tion composed of a bottom wall and double ply marginal walls hingedly connected to the bottom wall and a rigid frame secured to the front wall and defining a marginal flanged extension for limiting the inward closing movement of the drawer.

The invention further provides a drawer construction fashioned from a sheet of corrugated cardboard, paperboard or the like to form the bottom wall and double ply marginal walls integrally and hingedly connected to the bottom wall, and a wall extension at each corner disposed between the plies of the adjacent wall for holding the walls in box formation together with a rigid frame secured to the front wall thereof for limiting the inward closing movement of the drawer, and the said drawer and frame are adapted to be disposed in fiat formation for shipment and may be readily set up and secured in drawer formation.

The invention further embodies a drawer construction of the indicated character in which the inner plies of the marginal walls have impinging engagement at the corners with the adjacent inner ply and means securing the inner and outer plies of one of said marginal walls together for retaining the said plies in impinging relation and the drawer in set up condition.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, reference is now made to the following specification and the accompanying drawings in which there is illustrated the preferred form of the invention.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the blank from which the drawer is constructed and illustrating the same with the front frame applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view through a cabinet showing a plan view of the drawer construction in set-up condition therein.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view on line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a cor ner ortion of the drawer.

Fig. 5. is a horizontalsectional View takenon line 5'5 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, the drawer is preferably fashioned from a sheet of lightweight corrugated cardboard, paperboard or other equivalent sheet material which is cut and bent to provide a rectangular panel It defining the bottom wall thereof and hingedly connected oppositely disposed extensions II and 12 at the opposite sides thereof, and oppositely disposed hinged extensions l3 and M at the front and rear thereof.

The extensions H and I2 are doubled upon themselves medially thereof to form outer and inner plies i5 and it which together form the double ply marginal end walls of the drawer. The extensions l3 and M are similarly doubled upon themselves medially thereof to provide outer and inner plies I1 and I8 which together form double ply marginal front and rear walls of the drawer.

The extensions II and I2 are also provided at the opposite side edges thereof with integral wings [9 of a width substantially the width of the plies of the end walls and which wings are adapted to be nested between the outer and inner plies I1 and I8 at the opposite ends thereof respectively of the extensions I3 and M. The extension It has secured thereto a rigid rectangular frame 20, the outer marginal edge portion of which protrudes beyond the edges of the front wall H to define a marginal flanged extension for limiting the closing movement of the drawer into the container as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3.

The drawer is constructed in a flat condition as illustrated in Fig. 1 with the frame 2!! applied thereto in which condition the drawer occupies a minimum amount of space and may be disposed in nested relation with the parts of the cabinet for storage and shipment. When the drawer is to be set up, the inner ply 18 of the rear extension I4 is folded inwardly over the rear wings I9 of the extensions ll and I2 and into parallel relation with the outer ply I"! with the said wings It disposed therebetween and providing a double ply rear wall. The outer plies it of the extensions II and H. are then folded inwardly into parallel relation with the inner plies 45 of the extensions respectively and with their rear edges impinging against the inner ply l8 of the rear extension [4 for locking the said inner ply in folded condition and providing double ply side walls. The inner ply [B of the front extension 13 is then folded inwardly into parallel relatioil with the outer ply l! of said extension to thereby provide a double ply front wallwith the front wings IQ of the extensions II and IZdisposed therebetween and with the opposite-side edges of the inner ply I8 impinging against the inner plies I6 of the extensions II and I2 to lock the said inner plies in folded condition.

The outer and inner plies I1 and I8 of the front wall are secured together by pull knobs 2| having threaded shanks 22 extending therethrough and engaged at the inner end thereof by retaining nuts 23. The inner ply l8 of the: front extension l3 may be released by removing the pull knobs 2| to thereby permit of the swinging of said inner ply out of impinging engagement with the inner plies of the side walls so as to effect a collapsing of the drawer into the fiat compact form shown in Fig. 1.

What is claimed is:

In a drawer, a box structure fashioned from a sheet of flexible light-weight material which is bent to define a bottom wall, marginal front, rear and side walls hingedly connected to the bottom wall, said marginal walls each including inner and outer plies hingedly connected together at their upper edges, a wall extension hingedly connected to a ply of said marginal walls at each corner of the box structure and extending between the inner and outer plies of the adjacent marginal wall, and said inner plies of the marginal side walls impinging at their ends against the inner ply of the rear wall and the inner ply of the front wall impinging at its ends against the inner plies of the opposite side walls, means securing the inner and outer plies of said front wall together for securing said wall extensions between the inner and outer plies of the marginal walls and for retaining said plies in impinging relation and the drawer in set up condition, and a rigid frame secured to the outer face of the outer ply of the front wall and protruding beyond the edges thereof to define a marginal flange extension for limiting the inward closing movement of the drawer.

SOL STONE. 

